implicated

American  

[im-pli-key-tid] / ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. shown to be also involved, especially in an incriminating manner.

   In the wake of last year’s doping scandal, the Cycling Federation states that this year’s team will have no connection to any of the implicated team members, either directly or indirectly.

2. implied as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.

   My defensive post was answering an implicated accusation that clearly overstepped the boundaries of an opinion.

3. intimately connected or related, or affected as a result.

   The paper delves into the historical background of our modern understanding of time, as well as the implicated problem of infinity.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of implicate.

Other Word Forms

• unimplicated adjective

Etymology

Origin of implicated

implicate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The timing fueled viral rumors that Lifetouch — which photographs millions of students annually — could be implicated or that student images might be at risk.

From Salon

"I think there are folks who are definitely implicated" named in the files, Boebert said.

From BBC

Given she has not been personally implicated in any doping scandals and has not broken any rules, Tutberidze has every right to be at the Olympics.

From BBC

A police officer told the court that forensic experts were unable to tell which of the brothers had been conclusively implicated.

From BBC

But another part of the First Amendment is implicated here.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• involved